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Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by swozey »

wombat-man wrote: post #194
Darmody wrote: post #143

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I come from linux and I feel like I've been given a machine for computer illiterate people who are going to do some office work at Starbucks. Stereotypical, yes, but that's how I feel. I need this basic software feature. Yeah? Too bad, the OS won't allow you to do that. Maybe you'll find a paid app that does it. I do pay for software but when you have to pay for basic stuff that should come out of the box, it's a no…

yeah finder is pretty annoying. I don't know how to just get the path of where I'm at a lot of the time.

I hate Finder and use Forklift, but if you alt-click (or command/ctrl, I can't tell on my keyboard) the top where it says the file name you'll be shown a tree of the path you're in. It's not the full file path in a text window unfortunately.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by em500 »

roywashere wrote: post #27
yosito wrote: post #5

I'm excited to get my hands on one of these. I'm a US citizen living in Hungary, and hoping to get my hands on a US version ASAP. I'm debating if it will be easier to order from Apple in the US and ship it via a third party to the EU, or order in the EU and have the keyboard swapped out after I get it. I'm mostly nervous that if I don't order right away, it will be sold out and hard to get my hands on for a few more…

In The Netherlands you typically will get US keyboards in your MacBooks. I think keyboards are not easily swappable but I might be mistaken? AFAIK in most European countries (at least in Germany) you can also order macs with US layout. Ordering in EU is easier especially related to warranty. But the price is steep: it is 1199 USD in the US versus 1519EUR in The Netherlands, including sales tax

No, it's not typical to get US keyboard Macs in NL. All physical stores (and most online stores) including Media Markt and the official Apple store only stock ISO layout.

Fortunately it's simple to order the ANSI (US) layout in the online Apple store these days. (US English, not International English!). Up to maybe 10 years ago or so it was pretty hard to get it with US keyboards in Europe. (I usually imported them from the US via eBay.)

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Post by kbd »

Humdeee wrote: post #151
kristiandupont wrote: post #41

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I am not denying the existence of planned obsolescence but My 2013 Macbook Air lasted almost until now, better durability than any other machine I have ever owned.

Same situation here. My 2015 is still going, and I've put that little guy through the ringer. Awesome laptop. I caved and bought an M1 Air last year and it's just amazing. I seem to have luckily missed the problem years of the Macs in between.

I bought a Mac Mini in 2018 to replace my 2010 Macbook Pro. So that laptop lasted 8 years. The only reason I didn't buy a laptop instead of the Mini is I refused to buy anything with a touch bar. This is my first new personal laptop in 12 years and I'm so excited.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by duxup »

zuhsetaqi wrote: post #217
vishnugupta wrote: post #201

MacBook Air M2 will most probably replace my current 2018 MacBook Pro. My only gripe with MacBook Air M1 was crappy RAM which they addressed (24GB). It's still less than what I have (32GB) I expect M2 will make up for that.

My dealbreaker for the MBA is single external monitor support

There are some work arounds for that limit on the M1. Depending on your situation that might be an acceptable solution.

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Post by pcarolan »

adrianN wrote: post #146
pcarolan wrote: post #145

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I disagree. The colorful consumer oriented mac ibook clamshell g3 was USD $1,599 when it came out in 1999. That's $2,800 in today's dollars and it was orders of magnitude less powerful than this Macbook Air. The value per dollar you are getting is simply staggering.

Go back twenty more years are computers were even more expensive. I don't think it makes sense to compare to prices that long ago.

The base model Macbook Air in 2010 was $1299 which means that you get compute and product improvements following Moore's law at deflationary prices. Humans have a hard time understanding the value of power laws. What Apple has done has given us something nothing short of superpowers and we've gotten complacent and feeling entitled to these continuous improvements despite the unbelievable amount of human ingenuity required to make it all work out.

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Post by retrac98 »

chrisjc wrote: post #253

I'm sorry if this doesn't add anything to the discussion, but one of MKBHD's latest reviews discusses the differences between the MacBook Pro 13 and this new MacBook Air. The video does a great job of shining a light on all of the tradeoffs between the two devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSdKnNj7ozk This little device is a beast!

His videos are consistently brilliant. My go-to example for people who think "YouTuber" isn't a legitimate career.

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Post by macintux »

nojito wrote: post #98
gumby wrote: post #80

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Good point, should it be “iPhones” and “MacBook airs” or “is phone” and “macbooks air”? Apple needs to speak out on this issue. Why the coverup?

Phil Schiller actually answered this a few years ago https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/30/11541268/apple-grammar-is... https://twitter.com/pschiller/status/725791354769399808 https://twitter.com/pschiller/status/725937759022514176 https://twitter.com/pschiller/status/725938369826414592

I still get occasionally likes for my tweet in that thread, 6 years later.

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Post by jeffhuys »

JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #38
timmattison wrote: post #33

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They’ve been doing this with a lot of products for a long time. “Today we announce iPhone … with iPhone you can do anything!” I think it is very strange.

One of the first ways a cult gets everyone on the same page is altered language and speech patterns.

This comment makes me sigh. I know you will defend yourself with "what? I'm just stating a fact!" but saying stuff like this makes me really dislike you. I really like Apple products, does that make me a part of a cult? If yes, why? I wouldn't die for them, I wouldn't go through pain for them.

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Post by bank_daddy »

zuhsetaqi wrote: post #217
vishnugupta wrote: post #201

MacBook Air M2 will most probably replace my current 2018 MacBook Pro. My only gripe with MacBook Air M1 was crappy RAM which they addressed (24GB). It's still less than what I have (32GB) I expect M2 will make up for that.

My dealbreaker for the MBA is single external monitor support

I'm having no issues running two displays with my MBA M1. The second display does require a DisplayLink adapter though.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by jokethrowaway »

dr_zoidberg wrote: post #203
DoughnutHole wrote: post #189

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I find it very hard to believe that Apple deliberately sabotaged a multi-billion dollar product line for ~5 years in order to (possibly?) boost sales when their incredibly risky and expensive investment into their own silicon came to market. People have been shitting on MacBooks since they removed MagSafe and brought in the butterfly keyboard in 2016. The i9 Pros with massive thermal issues came out in 2018. That's a…

> I wouldn't ascribe to malice what can be more easily be ascribed to incompetence While I usually agree with the sentiment, it's hard to believe that one of the most successful companies in the world can be subject to such levels of incompetence on one of their flagship products.

I take you don't know anyone working at Apple.

There is plenty of good and bad, like everywhere.

Apple took tons of questionable decisions and pissed off a lot of customers (me included) but they're redeeming themselves by bringing ARM to the laptop world (which was long overdue).

Personally I'll run my current Mac to the ground and then I'll just have a (non Mac, hopefully ARM) desktop PC.

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